Developed by FromSoftware, published by BandaiNamco, helmed by directors Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, and with famed director Hidetaka Miyazaki acting as supervisor, Dark Souls II offers a remarkable visual variety. Players travel from forests to castles, and from claustrophobic caverns to wide open coast towns, with each scene touting their own atmospheric details – fights in a crisp and 'wintry' forest, or encounters under a setting sun are no exception, which are remarkable features for a game series generally known for its dark color pallets.

The Dark Souls games are seen as some of the most influential video games of the past decade. Considered amongst the 'hardest' games around because of their soaring difficulty, they found a dedicated fanbase in people who experienced too much 'hand-holding' in other games, specifically in the fantasy role playing game genre. Apart from this, players got hooked on the deep lore that the games offer: the story behind the games is revealed through layer after layer of narrative details.

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How real wars shaped Killzone's red-eyed "Space Nazi's"

It has been more than 15 years since Dutch developer Guerrilla Games started working on Killzone, the blockbuster shooter franchise for Sony Playstation. Read more about the design of the iconic Helghast soldier in this excerpt of our book!